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Phil Hornshaw got hands-on with Outriders, a next-gen third-person shooter from developer People Can Fly. He breaks down his time with the game and everything we know about the upcoming title, including it’s three playable classes, story, and release date for the PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X.

Developer People Can Fly has turned out two very different shooters: Bulletstorm, which was heavy on creative kills and run-and-gun action, and Gears of War: Judgment, which makes use of that series’ cover-based mechanics and slower movement. With its next game, Outriders, People Can Fly is marrying the two approaches, creating a cover shooter that also incentivizes getting out from behind the chest-high walls and wrecking your foes with a number of cool abilities.

We recently played the first few hours of Outriders at a preview event for the game in Los Angeles, where we got a taste of the new game. It’s not just adding elements of different shooters to the mix, though; Outriders is also heavy on RPG features. The result is a game that feels like Gears meeting Mass Effect, complete with sci-fi story and a whole new planet to explore.

Outriders takes its name from a group of military types and scientists who have been doing their best to protect people and save humanity in the last days of Earth. In the game’s prologue, you learn that things didn’t go so well on our home planet, with dwindling resources and other issues leading to war and chaos. The Outriders were seen as heroes who did their best to help the innocent, but in the end, there was just no saving the planet. At the start of the game, you create an Outrider character who has left Earth and traveled some 80 years in cryostasis to a new planet called Enoch, with plans for colonization. On this mission, the Outriders are tasked with securing colony sites ahead of the rest of the survivors. But of course, things don’t go so well.

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Here we are at the beginning of Modern Warfare’s Season Two, and despite reservations surrounding the game’s early messaging, Mike is fully on board the Call of Duty train from here on out. Choo choo, mother trucker.

Pokemon Go‘s Sinnoh celebration has ended, but a new event is about to begin. Developer Niantic is kicking off this year’s Valentine’s Day event starting 8 AM local time tomorrow, February 14, and it’ll bring a couple of new Pokemon to the game along with some limited-time Field Research tasks and bonuses.

The Valentine’s Day event runs until 10 PM local time on February 17. Until then, pink-colored Pokemon such as Chansey and Luvdisc will appear in the wild more often than normal. You’ll also be more likely to hatch pink Pokemon from eggs and encounter them as Raid bosses. On top of that, you’ll have a chance to find a Shiny Chansey in the wild or hatch a Shiny Happiny from eggs.

Two more Gen 5 Pokemon will also make their debut in Pokemon Go during the Valentine’s Day event: Audino and Alomomola. However, Niantic notes both Pokemon are rare, so you’ll need some luck and persistence if you hope to catch them.

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We’re only a month away from a new Half-Life game. Half-Life: Alyx releases March 23. Set before the events of Half-Life 2, you’ll play Alyx in a VR-exclusive adventure. Thankfully, pretty much every PC VR headset is capable of playing Half-Life: Alyx, as Valve has not made it exclusive to the company’s Index headset and controllers–whether you have an Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift S, or Vive, you’re good to go. Best of all, if you pre-order Half-Life: Alyx, you’ll get a 10% discount, bringing the $60 price down to $54. However, if you do own or purchase the Valve Index VR headset–or one of its accessories–then you’ll get Half-Life: Alyx free of any extra charge.

Pre-Order Half-Life: Alyx | $54 ($60)

Half-Life: Alyx-compatible VR headsets

The great thing about Half-Life: Alyx is that very few VR headsets are incompatible. In fact, any headset that works with Steam VR also works with Half-Life: Alyx.

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Valve has announced a release date for Half-Life: Alyx, the VR spin-off and long-awaited return of the Half-Life franchise. The game will release on March 23, 2020.

Valve announced the release date with a tweet linking to the Steam page, which is still offering the 10% off pre-order price. This is the first indication of a new release date we’ve seen since it was announced for March 2020, though Valve did recently note that it didn’t expect any delays since the game was essentially finished.

Half-Life: Alyx is a VR-only game and works with multiple headsets. As the name suggests, it stars the popular character Alyx Vance. It’s set between Half-Life and Half-Life 2, and Valve has said it’s a full-length new entry in the long-dormant franchise.

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While Marvel’s Avengers has been pushed back a few months, eager fans can pre-order the third-person action-adventure game right now. Doing so nets you 72-hour early access to the game when it launches in September on Google Stadia, PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, as well as “guaranteed access” to the beta.

Marvel’s Avengers is slated to launch on September 4, but you can play the game as early as September 1 when you pre-order either the Deluxe or Earth’s Mightiest editions. For reserving any edition of the game, though, you’ll be let into the currently undated beta. PS4 players can play the beta first when they pre-order any edition.

In addition to gaining beta access for pre-ordering Marvel’s Avengers, you also get an assortment of goodies. This includes the Marvel Legacy pack (a set of six exclusive skins) and a nameplate. A few retailers are handing out pre-order bonuses of their own, such as Best Buy rewarding My Best Buy members with a $10 credit for pre-ordering there.

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